The Hittites answered Abraham, “Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God[a] among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead.” Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 23:6 Or a mighty prince

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